Dataset for the paper: Substantial changes in land and forest management led to critical transitions in peatland functioning over the last 700 years

This data set includes palaeoecological data form Stawek peatland that were published in the paper: Marcisz, K., Bąk, M., Lamentowicz, M., Kołaczek, P., Theurer, T., Matulewski, P., Mauquoy, D., 2025. Substantial changes in land and forest management led to critical transitions in peatland functioning over the last 700 years. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-02580-0

Funding: The study was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland, grant 2020/39/D/ST10/00641. The work was supported by the Mobility Call from AMU “Research University – Excellence Initiative” fund, project number ID-UB 131/07/POB1/0001.

The data set includes several proxies:
- 14C dates and peat and carbon accumulation rates, bulk density
- Testate amoebae and depth to water table and pH reconstructions
- Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs
- Plant macrofossils
- Macroscopic and microscopic charcoal
- Raman spectroscopy